58 Chapter 58 The Thief Within

Mu Hanzhang just smiled and said nothing. He took the letter in one hand and started to read it. After reading two lines, he remembered that it was a private letter between brothers. He turned to look at Jing Shao and found that the man was playing with his other hand happily. He shook his head helplessly.

"By the way, you haven't told me what the second brocade bag is about?" Jing Shao fiddled with the jade-like hand for a while and found it really delicious. He couldn't help but put it to his mouth and nibble it. Seeing his own princess looking at him, he let go and hurriedly found something to say.

"Wow!" The little tiger who woke up on the footrest grabbed the bed sheet and climbed up with all his strength. The hand that Jing Shao had just put down was hugged by the fur ball.

After flicking the little tiger's head with his fingers, Mu Hanzhang retracted his hand into the quilt and chuckled: "That was just a preparation. If Zhao Meng didn't fall into the trap and honestly broke the gate, he would naturally fight all the way. There would be no time to watch."

That's why he repeatedly told Zhao Meng not to open it in advance, because the two strategies before and after were fundamentally contradictory!

"Hiss..." The little tiger couldn't find its owner's hand, so it pounced on Jing Shao's hand and bit it. Jing Shao was bitten and felt pain. He pinched the tiger's mouth and pulled his hand out. He found that there was a small blue pit on his thumb than usual. "Huh? Has it grown teeth?" He stretched out his hand and tried to pry open the furry mouth to see if there was an extra tooth.

Mu Hanzhang pulled his hand over and rubbed the painful place: "Don't let him bite it. If it is bitten, you will get sick." The old people often say that being bitten by animals is unlucky and will cause some difficult-to-cure plague.

Jing Shao turned the little tiger over, spread it with four legs facing the sky, and held its four paws tightly, and did not let go no matter how it struggled.

"Wow!" The little tiger stretched its head to bite it in dissatisfaction, but it couldn't reach it. It was so anxious that its long tail kept whipping the quilt.

After dealing with the little tiger, Jing Shao continued what he had just said: "What if Zhao Meng breaks through the barrier and reads the brocade bag?"

Mu Hanzhang picked up the little tiger who was about to lose his temper, touched it soothingly, then put it on its back between his legs and gently scratched its belly: "Do you think Zhao Meng can understand that sentence under that situation? When he comes back, I will have my own words to respond."

The sea of ​​suffering is endless, and turning back is the shore. You must be in the sea of ​​suffering to understand the deep meaning. If everything goes smoothly, Zhao Meng, who is stubborn, will definitely not be impatient to guess the deep meaning.

"...Jun Qing, you..." Jing Shao was speechless immediately. This was too deceptive. Fortunately, Zhao Meng still admired the military advisor.

The little tiger was scratched comfortably, rubbed on the quilt, and fell asleep with his belly facing up. Mu Hanzhang smiled and leaned his head against Jing Shao's neck: "So since ancient times, counselors have never said anything completely. The so-called secrets cannot be revealed, just because they themselves are not sure." In some ways, counselors are no different from fortune tellers.

Jing Shao reluctantly hugged him in his arms, took the letter and discussed the court affairs with his princess. The root cause of this incident was the audit before they left Beijing. Any slight change will make the subsequent events take a completely different direction. It is better to be cautious in the future. The experience of the previous life may not always be useful in this life.

After lunch, Mu Hanzhang wanted to go out for a walk, but Jing Shao forced him to rest on the bed. He couldn't resist him, so he had to hold the little tiger cub and take another nap. The little tiger felt stuffy in the quilt, so he climbed onto the pillow and slept with his master's head. When the Right Guard came in to look for him, he saw the military advisor sleeping quietly wearing a tiger-skin hat that was extremely inconsistent with his temperament...

"Hehe..." The Right Guard couldn't help laughing, and immediately woke up Mu Hanzhang who was lightly sleeping.

Seeing the Right Guard coming, Mu Hanzhang moved the tiger on his head and slowly sat up: "Right Guard, is there anything?"

"It's like this, Wang Er, who is in charge of the grain account, was arrested by the prince. In the evening, the cook went to collect grain and no one kept the account. I came to ask the military advisor if there is anyone to replace him." Because of the assassin disguised as a errand soldier, the Right Guard was busy all day to rectify military affairs and investigate suspicious people. He was hungry and asked the cook to cook for him, but was told that the rice and flour had not been collected yet and the stove could not be opened.

Wang Er was arrested? Mu Hanzhang frowned: "Transfer the clerk who manages the letters in the errand camp first."

"Okay." The right guard turned and walked out, walked a few steps and turned back, looking at the military advisor who was slowly putting on his coat, hesitant to speak.

"Anything else?" Mu Hanzhang looked up at him. Jing Shao took off his coat and underwear for him. The right guard was standing there, so he couldn't get out of bed and put on his pants.

The right guard scratched his head, thinking that he shouldn't ask this question blindly, but he was so curious that he moved a stool to sit beside the bed: "Military Advisor, what's going on between you and the prince?"

Mu Hanzhang was stunned for a moment, then slowly lowered his eyelids: "If it's not official business, the right guard should leave quickly."

Seeing him like this, the right guard immediately felt that his guess was right. It must be the prince who forced the military advisor to commit to him. He sighed and said: "Military Advisor, you are a person with real talent and knowledge. If the prince really bullies you, you don't have to be afraid. I have followed the prince for so many years. Although he said he was fierce, he actually has a good heart..."

"I think the right guard must have misunderstood," Mu Hanzhang raised his eyes and looked at him with a smile, "My friendship with the prince is just like that between the right guard and the left guard."

"Ah?" The right guard jumped up immediately. How could they be the same? He and Xiao Zuo had developed a relationship through fighting on the battlefield for so many years. How could it be the same as the ambiguous relationship between them? Imagine if Xiao Zuo wiped his sweat and covered him with a blanket like the prince did... He couldn't help but shudder. This was really too scary.

The right guard was frightened by the scene in his mind. Looking at the military advisor's half-smile, as if he had seen through his mind, he could not sit still, said hello, and fled away.

After the right guard left, Mu Hanzhang gradually frowned. Now that the right guard had seen that there was something unclear between the two of them, he didn't know what had been spread in the army. Also, why was Wang Er arrested?

He got up and dressed neatly, and went to settle accounts with that fool. As soon as he entered the middle tent, he saw Jiang Lang handing a booklet to Jing Shao.

"Jun Qing, you came just in time, take a look at this." Jing Shao raised the booklet in his hand. The cover was yellowed and the corners of the paper were curled. It was obvious that it had been used for many years.

Mu Hanzhang took it and opened it. There were some numbers and sentences densely recorded inside. He didn't understand the front part very well, so he turned to the back and took a look, and slowly widened his eyes: "Where did this thing come from?"

"I found it in Wang Er's bag." Jing Shao confessed.

Mu Hanzhang didn't have time to argue with him about his petty behavior, and said seriously: "I don't know what the accounts in the front are, but the following pages are the general accounts of the army's food and the amount of food used every day. I have expressly forbidden them to copy these things privately, and the last page should be an excerpt of correspondence with someone." As he said, he turned the book upside down and opened the last page to Jing Shao.

Jing Shao took it and looked at it carefully. One by one, it seemed to be the promises made by the people who had contact with him every time. Jiang Lang said that he had searched Wang Er's residence and did not see anything like letters.

The amount of food and grass... Jing Shao thought about this booklet in silence. At first, he suspected that it might be for reporting to the Fourth Prince, but now that the army was outside, it would be useless for him to tell the Fourth Prince the amount of food and grass. Then the ones who needed this account the most were the King of Southeast and the King of Southwest!

"Let the left guard interrogate Wang Er immediately and make sure to find out who contacted him and how to contact him." Jing Shao asked Jiang Lang to do this immediately.